And I'm planning on making that one unless anyone has one that works better.

Also the first one that comes up on google for me and has the largest number of search results on pinterest (from a non-veg site) calls for an extreme amount of baking powder and baking soda. How can that possibly not taste awful and why is that the number one recipe?

i rarely actually put it in anything. every once in a while i have a bread recipe that i think could benefit from it. any bread/cake that has applesauce or banana, i don't usually bother. but sometimes (pumpkin pie recipe, for instance) i think it makes a difference in the texture.

it's a bisque to find the potato, isn't it? i think it's worth trying. worse comes to worse you could always use it in some kind of deepfrying batter or something to get rid of it if it doesn't work out.